Name: The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-01-16
Duration: 151 min
Rating: 7.3

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Kanopy

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About

A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.

Theatrical

Jan 16, 2009

Director

Sophie Fiennes

Producers

Sophie Fiennes, Martin Rosenbaum, Ineke Kanters

Music

Brian Eno

Studio

Amoeba Films, Kasander Film Company, Lone Star Productions, Mischief Films

Keywords

philosophy pop culture psychoanalysis cinema on cinema documentary filmmaking woman director cinema history

The Pervert's Guide Collection

Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek analyzes several of the most important films in the history of cinema to explain how cinematic narrative can help to understand the complicated hum...